Celebrity Birthing News: Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar (now Prinze) and husband Freddie Prinze Jr. are now the parents of a daughter, Charlotte Grace Prince. Gellar gave birth over the weekend but news is just now trickling out. Also, the 24 year-old aspiring actress that Jude Law impregnated just gave birth, as did Grey’s Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo. [People]

Dalai Lama Learns to Fist Bump: Upon his visit to Memphis, the Dalai Lama was greeted with a fist bump and “Hello, Dalai” by interim Mayor Myron Lowery. Apparently, Lowery had always wanted to break out the pun on the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader and grabbed at the chance. It put us in mind of this incident, involving a strange case of mistaken identity between “Sgt. Bilko” star Phil Silvers and the Dalai Lama. [AP]

Rock Hall of Fame, Class of 2010: The nominees for this year’s crop of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees were announced. The list includes Red Hot Chili Peppers, LL Cool J, Genesis, the Stooges, ABBA, Jimmy Cliff and KISS, who, despite being eligible for years now, have so far eluded the hall, to Gene Simmons’ dismay. Said Simmons: “There are disco bands, rap bands, Yiddish folk song bands in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but not Kiss.” The final list of inductees will be announced in January; the ceremony takes place March 15. [Rolling Stone]

Justin Timberlake to Star as a Geek: Cast members for “The Social Network,” the movie adaptation of Ben Mezrich’s account of the early days of Facebook, have been announced. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will be played by Jesse Eisenberg; Justin Timberlake, meanwhile, will play Silicon Valley insider Sean Parker. Is there a compelling movie in a story that’s basically “Tucker,” only with nerds and computer code? It’s questionable. Then again, Mezrich’s book is a bestseller and Aaron Sorkin scripted. [CNET]

Ontological Question of the Week: At the grocery checkout lines, which is faster? The express lane with more customers and fewer items, or the regular lane with fewer customers and more items. Ryan Sager provides an answer. [True/Slant]

Japan Cuts Out Pork Spending, Arts Center Included: A national media arts center for exhibiting comics and animation in Japan is to be scrapped, according to new culture minister, Tatsuo Kawabata. The center was promoted by the government of former prime minister Taro Aso, who was just replaced by Yukio Hatoyama. The new government is vowing to cut what it deems pork-barrel spending. [Japan Today]